Nova Lite 1.0
text+image->text
Nova Lite 1.0 is a compact variant, chosen for high throughput and low cost rather than absolute capability. Available via Amazon. 300,000-token context. Budget pricing.
Nova Lite 1.0 is a multimodal AI model from Amazon. It costs $0.060 per million input tokens and $0.240 per million output tokens (blended $0.114/M), with a 300,000-token context window.
INPUT
$0.060/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$0.240/M
per million output tokens
CONTEXT
300,000
tokens
What it is good at
- Sub-second latency
- Affordable at scale
- Good for routing & classification
- Multimodal: handles images alongside text
Typical use cases
- Routing & classification
- Bulk summarisation
- Realtime chat UX
Benchmarks
No published benchmark scores tracked for this model yet. Frontier and reasoning models from major providers have scores; smaller models and inference-host variants typically inherit the underlying open-weights score.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Nova Lite 1.0 cost?
Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.060 per million input tokens and $0.240 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.114 per million tokens.
What is Nova Lite 1.0's context window?
Nova Lite 1.0 supports up to 300,000 tokens of context in a single request.
What is Nova Lite 1.0 best for?
Nova Lite 1.0 is well suited to Sub-second latency, Affordable at scale and Good for routing & classification.
Who makes Nova Lite 1.0?
Nova Lite 1.0 is developed and served by Amazon.